In revealing plans for a 20- to 25,000-seat stadium at the PortMiami site on Biscayne Bay for David Beckham’s budding Major League Soccer club, John Alschuler, Beckham’s real estate developer, said the group is in talks with the University of Miami about sharing a stadium.

A rendering of the proposed soccer stadium design for PortMiami. Click to read the Miami Herald's story and see more photos.

Alschuler told the Miami Herald sharing a stadium with UM would require the building to expand to “about 40,000 seats” and would complicate parking and event scheduling. He said the Beckham group expects to decide within 60 days whether the UM idea is feasible.

UM Athletic Director BlakeJames, who did not immediately return a phone call Monday morning, in January said UM was not exploring the feasibility of breaking its 25-year lease with Sun Life Stadium.

In recent weeks, Miami Dolphins owner StephenRoss said he would pledge $400 million for renovations to Sun Life, which holds more than 75,000 fans and opened in 1987.

Spring game update: UM’s spring game, which is April 12 at Sun Life Stadium, will include a family festival and on-field carnival featuring an unveiling of the Hurricanes’ new football uniforms.

The gates will open at 3 p.m. for the carnival, which is near the east end zone (enter through Gate C). It will include inflatables, dunk tanks and a display of the new threads. A select-a-seat event for season ticket-holders runs from 3 to 6. A team autograph session will be held from 4 to 5.

The carnival area will remain open during the spring game, which begins at 6 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN3.com.

Radio hit: I went on the Canes’ flagship station, 560 WQAM, to talk spring football (and poutine). Click here to listen.

Adding to buzz that has been building for months, UM announced Friday it will wear a new uniform design in 2014. It is the first redesign of the Hurricanes’ look since 2006. (Click here to see the new design and vote in our poll.)

“The timing is right and we want a uniform that speaks to our tradition, yet recognizes current trends,” UM coach Al Golden said in a press release. “Nike is working on innovative designs with the latest performance technology and we are excited to unveil them this spring.”

Last month, UM Athletic Director Blake Jamestold the Postthe program was working on a design and planned to show it off sometime in the coming months.

Could the ACC move to a nine-game conference schedule? It seems possible, if not likely, when considering what it could mean for the schools:

More money.

A move to a nine-game schedule and a potential ESPN-controlled ACC channel are expected to be on the agenda this week at the conference’s winter meetings in Fort Lauderdale.

Miami Athletic Director Blake James told the Post an ACC version of ESPN’s soon-to-be-launched SEC Network is still “a concept,” but “it’ll be interesting to see where the conversation goes over the next few days.”

To advance that conversation with ESPN, the ACC might add a game to its conference schedule. According to our sister publication the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Tech Athletic Director Mike Bobinski said ESPN would likely want more “inventory” for a possible channel, which means an additional conference game.

Miami one of 11 programs trying out Nike’s new Pro Combat uniform system in November before it is introduced full-time next year. The ‘Canes will wear the new set, which a UM press release calls ‘the lightest weight uniform Nike has ever created’, Saturday, Nov. 28 against South Florida.